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Originally Posted by Nancy
Christianity has formally forbidden any depiction of God. But only a few hundred years after the introduction of Christianity there were huge discussions about the ban with conflicts between the Pope in Rome and others. Today one can enjoy Rafael’s 500-year-old painting in the Vatican where both Jesus, the Holy Spirit and God himself is depicted.
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Interestingly the Christian church not only went to war but also split into the Roman Catholic and the Orthodox Church over idolitry...
Perhaps what we are seeing is a similar struggle in Islam.
Does anyone think that one day we might talk of Islam the way we speak of Jews (i.e. reformist vs. orthodox) or the myriad ways in which Christianity is practiced?